Chapter 53: Chain Mail
As night fell, Zhi Zhao was practicing martial arts in the backyard.
She was dressed in a close-fitting samurai suit, holding a red tasseled pear spear in her hand, her eyes were calm, and her face was solemn.
I saw her wrist shake suddenly, and the shadow of the gun in the sky surged out like the moonlight in an instant, and for a while, within three zhang of her as the center, the shadow of the gun flew and danced, sneering and rushing, and from a distance, it looked like a waterfall splashing silver light, scattering around!
The incomparably powerful momentum and superb marksmanship are enough to make any enemy tremble.
After a set of spearmanship exercises, Zhi Zhao panted slightly, and fine sweat broke out on his forehead.
She slammed the spear on the ground, made a loud "boom", and said lightly without looking back: "What are you hiding there for?" Isn't it unsightly? ”
Cui Wenqing knew that Zhi Zhao had already known about his arrival, and he did not hide it, so he walked out and said with a smile: "Du Du Niangzi's marksmanship is exquisite, and her martial arts are strong, just by looking at your posture of dancing the spear, you know that it is a rare peerless master, just like the peerless generals Ma Mengqi and Zhao Zilong in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, I really admire and admire my husband." ”
"Hmph, don't flatter here!" Although Zhe Zhao said this, he was very useful in his heart, and deliberately said with a pretty face: "Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, say, what's the matter." ”
Cui Wenqing frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "What is nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, am I Cui Wenqing such a realistic person?" ”
Zhi Zhao blinked his beautiful eyes and said with a smile: "Hehe, it turns out that my husband came to care about me, ah, this makes me a little flattered." ”
These words almost didn't choke Cui Wenqing, and for some reason, he always felt that this beautiful girl was talking more and more sharply now, and she actually had a-for-tat feeling with him.
After a pause, Cui Wenqing sneered and said: "This, husband and wife already need to care for each other, and it is normal to come down to comfort the governor of the city, but there is another thing, you have to ask the lady to help." ”
Zhi Zhao showed a clear smile and said, "I know that you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, let's say, what's the matter?" ”
"Actually, I want to ask the lady to borrow a set of chain mail, and borrow a few craftsmen who are good at making chain mail, so that I can use it for a few days."
"What, your Armani clothing store is ready to sell armor?" Saying the name of Cui Wenqing's clothing store, he twisted his mouth, and I don't know why he chose such an alternative store name.
"Don't worry about it for now, in short, chain mail is very important to me, and it is related to business transactions."
"Well, I'll lend you people and things, and I'll have the craftsman go to the clothing store tomorrow to look for you."
Hearing that Zhi Zhao agreed, Cui Wenqing was naturally overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, lady, when the bra is made, I will definitely give you the best one." ”
Zhi Zhao didn't ask him what the bra in his mouth was, bowed slightly, ignored him, and went to practice martial arts again.
At noon the next day, the blacksmiths of the Zhenwu Army came as promised, and there were as many as seven or eight people.
The leader was a rugged man in his thirties, and when he saw Cui Wenqing, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Li Daoxuan, the captain of the Lower God Craftsman Battalion, have you seen my uncle?" ”
Cui Wenqing hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Daoxuan up, and said with a smile: "Divine Craftsman Battalion? It sounds very powerful, I don't know what Captain Li mainly do? ”
"Don't hide it from my uncle, the Shenjiang Battalion of our Zhenwu Army is mainly used for the research and development and production of weapons, and it is a newly formed department after the Dadu Governor unified the army, although there are only about 100 people, but it is very important."
"Oh, speaking of which, Captain Li, you are the captain of the Divine Craftsman Battalion, you must be highly skilled?"
At this point, a famous craftsman next to him interjected: "Uncle, the reason why we are called the Divine Craftsman Battalion is because our Captain Li is the Divine Craftsman in the mouth of Yang Shu's secret envoy, and the rocket invented by Captain Li the year before last burned the Liao people to the ground!" ”
"There is such a thing, Captain Li knows how to make firearms?" Cui Wenqing immediately became interested.
Li Daoxuan said with a smile: "The last general's parents died when he was a child, he was raised by an immortal cultivator, and he was very proficient in gunpowder configuration for a long time alchemy. ”
Cui Wenqing knew that in ancient history, gunpowder was used as a weapon in the early Northern Song Dynasty, and according to the time, the time of the founding of the Great Qi was not much different from that of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the appearance of rockets was normal.
He didn't have much in mind today, and he didn't worry too much about gunpowder, which would change the pattern of future wars, and said with a smile: "I am really happy to have Captain Li come to help, I don't know if Captain Li can bring chain mail." ”
"I brought it, uncle, please take a look." Li Daoxuan waved his hand, and immediately a craftsman stepped forward with a pair of cuirasses.
Cui Wenqing looked up, and it could be seen that this chain mail was made of steel wire, and the outside was coated with a layer of black dye, which looked like it was shiny in black and extremely tight.
Li Daoxuan thought that Cui Wenqing was interested in chain mail, and explained: "Uncle, chain mail appeared in the early Jin Dynasty, which is a foreign product, but at that time the forging technology was not developed, so it was not popular, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty when the forging technology advanced, and the chain mail was gradually popular in the army, and was loved by the generals. ”
Cui Wenqing bowed his head again and again and asked, "I wonder if the wire production of this chain mail is troublesome?" ”
Li Daoxuan said with a smile: "If we use our god craftsman camp, we can forge hundreds of zhang of iron wire in one day, which can be used as ten pairs of chain mail." ”
As soon as Cui Wenqing heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and applauded: "That's really good, I will ask Captain Li to make iron wire for us in the next few days, and there will be heavy thanks after the matter is completed." ”
Li Daoxuan came to listen to Cui Wenqing's dispatch on the order of Zhezhao, and shook his hand with a smile when he heard the words: "Why do you need to thank your uncle for a trivial matter?" By the way, I don't know what you want to make out of wire, uncle? ”
"Oh, this thing is called a bra, I believe you haven't seen it before, Captain Li."
"Okay, now the last general will go back to forge iron wires for your uncle, and when it's done, I'll send it to my uncle, this pair of chain mail ......"
"Hehe, leave it to me."
Seeing off Li Daoxuan and his entourage, Cui Wenqing entered with the set of chain mail in high spirits, and opened his mouth to say: "Uncle He, come and dismantle this set of chain mail quickly." ”
Seeing this, Lotus Ye frowned and said, "Huh? It's a pity. ”
He Laohan hurriedly came, knocked lightly on her head, and scolded with a smile: "You little girl knows very well!" This is a money-making method that my uncle finally came up with, how can he stick to a set of armor. ”
After finishing speaking, He Laohan carefully dismantled the secret knots connected by the chain mail, and it took an hour for all of them to be unopened.